Description: A genus of unknown habitat and distribution, represented only by a surviving fragment of the holotype, which was 16 cm in length. The basal attachment is unknown. The plant is an undivided, foliose blade covered on both surfaces by large protuberant cystocarps. Supporting cells are aggregated into papillar swellings on the blade and are monocarpogonial, the carpogonial branches usually 3(-4) celled. The position and nature of the auxiliary cells is unknown, although swollen, dark-staining cells within the carpogonial nemathecia suggest that the species may be non procarpic. Early carposporophyte stages are unknown, other than that gonimoblasts are surrounded by clusters of nutritive cells and filaments. Mature cystocarps are centrally hollow, composed of centripetal gonimoblast filaments arising from the surrounding hull and bearing single, terminal carposporangia. Spermatangia and tetrasporangia are unknown (Kraft, 1977).

The most recent alteration to this page was made on 7 Oct 2010 by M.D. Guiry.

Comments: The status and true nature of this genus, which is similar in many details of vegetative and carpogonial construction to members of the Areschougiaceae, require investigation.
Distribution: The type specimen was collected near Durban, Natal, South Africa.

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